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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.39%

Published 23/11/2019, 09:25 am
Updated 23/11/2019, 09:25 am
© Reuters.  U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.39%

© Reuters. U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.39%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.39%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 1.56% or 0.59 points to trade at 38.33 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) added 1.49% or 2.46 points to end at 167.60 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 1.34% or 4.90 points to 371.34 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 1.05% or 0.61 points to trade at 57.61 in late trade. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) declined 0.43% or 0.30 points to end at 69.37 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) shed 0.42% or 0.50 points to 119.36.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which rose 10.58% to 37.95, Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which was up 5.18% to settle at 15.43 and L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which gained 4.89% to close at 18.01.

The worst performers were Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) which was down 4.18% to 259.81 in late trade, Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) which lost 3.80% to settle at 64.37 and Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which was down 2.92% to 40.25 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aslan Pharmaceuticals Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ASLN) which rose 293.27% to 1.73, EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:EYEG) which was up 48.02% to settle at 7.090 and Akerna Corp (NASDAQ:KERN) which gained 35.33% to close at 7.24.

The worst performers were Viveve Medical Inc (NASDAQ:VIVE) which was down 57.60% to 0.9200 in late trade, Helius Medical Technologies Inc Class A (NASDAQ:HSDT) which lost 32.80% to settle at 0.3999 and Arcimoto Inc (NASDAQ:FUV) which was down 26.67% to 1.65 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1705 to 1093 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1525 rose and 1105 declined, while 103 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.02% to 12.34.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 2.05 to $1461.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.08% or 0.63 to hit $57.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.34 to trade at $63.63 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1023, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 108.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 98.175.

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